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Got into a wonderful conversation with @coachcoale whom I have the pleasure to call coach and friend. Got into parenting. My views were the most important thing a parent could do is “get the hell out of the child’s way”. For example, a hypothetical, my child wants to jump from the top of a counter, I can nip it in the butt, I can reluctantly help her, or I can be a cheerleader, egging her on, helping her realize she needs to push a chair all the way over there, turn it a certain direction, climb that chair, cheering, or I let her curiosity roam wild till she learns to ask questions, and I stocratic method her. The last two are maximum “gtf out of the way”. What are others top level “importants”?
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reading this book. https://www.amazon.com/Nonviolent-Communication-Language-Life-Changing-Relationships/dp/189200528X
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Grateful for our conversation, Les. And grateful for this reminder that one of the hardest – and best – things to do in parenting (and leadership) is get the hell out of the way 🙏🏻
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I would argue that egging on and helping understand how to do it is getting in the way I think as long as there's no material risk of death, dismemberment or lasting physical harm, it's great to get out of the way and let the kiddos be kiddos Other "top-level importants" to me revolve around modelling the kind of behaviors in our kids that we want to see in the world: kindness, ingenuity, curiosity, self-awareness, self-advocacy, willingness to stand up for others and things that matter, etc
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I love this and totally agree. It’s been my approach to parenting as well and i hope the outcome is self-trust and healthy risk taking as a foundation.
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